Adjectives denoting magnitude, and some others, may conform in gender to the genitive, instead of appearing in the neuter: ἔτεμον τῆς γῆς τὴν πολλήνthey ravaged most of the landT. 2.56, τῆς γῆς ἡ ἀρίστηthe best of the land 1. 2. This construction occurs more frequently in prose than in poetry.